Episode Details
Back to Episodes
94 | 22 Diagnoses Reversed: Healing From Mold Illness and Lyme After 30 Years - Heather Sunderland
Description
Twenty-two diagnoses, nearly 30 years of searching, and the answer turned out to be mold toxicity and Lyme disease. Before she found it, my friend Heather Sunderland had a spinal cord stimulator, a diet down to 10 foods, and a body that could barely walk. Today all 22 of those labels have been reversed.
Heather is a board certified functional health coach and co-owner of Navigating Mold and CIRS, and her mold recovery story is one of the most hope-filled I’ve heard. We talk about why killing and binding first backfired for both of us, how food became about 85% of her healing, and how to listen to your body when brain fog and fear are loud. We also get honest about leaning on God when healing takes longer than you want.
Key Takeaways
- The question her doctor asked at 52 that finally cracked open three decades of mystery symptoms
- How one tablespoon of a liquid meal started expanding her diet one food at a time, and what lifted at three months
- The order that works for mold and Lyme together, and why starting with killing so often backfires
- How to tell a craving from your body apart from a craving from the bugs
- Why feeling like you have the flu after leaving a moldy home might not mean what you think
Questions this episode answers
Can you recover from mold illness after decades of being sick?
Yes. Heather Sunderland went nearly 30 years undiagnosed, collected 22 illness labels, and has reversed all of them by addressing root causes, including mold toxicity and Lyme disease.
What should you treat first if you have mold and Lyme?
The order stays the same: calm the nervous system, open drainage pathways, and build a foundation of hydration and minerals before killing or detoxing. That foundation usually takes two to four weeks.
Why do I feel worse after leaving a moldy house?
Often your body can finally let go of what it’s been holding. Detox can feel exactly like the flu, and supporting your drainage pathways usually brings relief.
Can food help with mold detox?
Heather credits food with about 85% of her healing. Whole, anti-inflammatory foods support detox, added gradually at the pace your body can handle.
Rooting for you,
Aubree
Links and Resources:
- Get the Mold Testing Bundle
- Take the Free Mold Symptom Assessment
- Learn more at Mold Free Mom
- Book a Free Discovery Call
- Mold Healing Supplements
Connect with Heather Sunderland: